COLONY — “They’re awfully nice kids,” gushed Thelma Culler Tuesday afternoon, as a handful of youths from several states put a new coat of paint on her and husband Robert’s home at 412 Cherry St.“They’re…

Loren Korte, owner of Personal Service Insurance, came before the Allen Community College board Tuesday night to discuss the college’s insurance renewal — not all of it was good news.According to Korte, the policy remains…

Allen County commissioners tabled until their July 30 meeting a decision on whether to accept a recommendation from the county’s zoning board to allow Enbridge a conditional use permit to build a pump station southeast…

Once upon a time there was a retired Iola school teacher who became a novelist. Her name was Donna and she had many stories to tell.Donna Regehr, whose pen name is Donna Hawk (her maiden…

HUMBOLDT — By any standard, Derrek Wilson is having a great season. After rising costs prompted Wilson, along with many others, to “move down” a class from factory to pure stock at Humboldt Speedway, he…

If a single party controls the governorship and both legislative chambers, it loses incentive to act in a bipartisan manner.That’s the deduction of the American Judicature Society, which studies open government, and recently commented on…

HUMBOLDT — Students who enroll in USD 258 classes, fourth grade through senior, will pay a $50 technology fee with the advent of the district’s new computer-based instruction.The district will issue laptop computers to each…

Iola Planning Commission members will hear requests for two zoning changes and vacation of an alley when they meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the New Community Building in Riverside Park.The meeting will be open…

The Crossroads Learning Center has been an under-the-radar success story for USD 257 over the past 11 years, but its aging facilities have left its future uncertain.The school, which provides a different educational path for…

Vera Hunt and Ivan Elliott have a knack for gardening, particularly when it comes to raising cucumbers.The two friends, each 88, have gardened together for nine years and keep coming up with unusual cukes.A couple…